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Show HE IATIQN ; , " i'-v""1 mm wim, H I CBta U,r.r. i ; r:A ji; qqqqo : , ' iC-V: '.''";! Jill ' ' . - - !tj Witifa, feat , :a ... , .wi?-H:. Wireless subsequently discovered the value of having a friend in Washington. In two personal per-sonal visits to the FCC office he eluding the impromptu workers recruited from the Alamo to carry materials. Special recognition, however, must go to Greg Vinson, Vinson managed to get the Wireless ap- Construction, who put in hundreds plication back on track... if not for of hours in finish-work over Mr. Wachtel, the Wireless ap- several months to really put the plication might still be lost in the station in shape. Special thanks D.C. ozone, also to Spence Smith who donated Another event of great impor- several hundred dollars worth of tance occured during this same 75 carpet. period. Through the hard work of Time continued to pass. our consulting engineer Bob The Wireless long-distance Chamberlin, who lives in Summit itf phone bill to Washington con- Park, and the public minded tinued to mount up at the rate of management of Salt Lake radio $150 per month, but no amount of station KWHO, Wireless obtained pleading for expeditious the use of a complete complement processing seemed to move the of studio broadcasting equipment bureaucracy. As one long-time for a very nominal lease (and a community radio person noted, concerning the FCC: "The three rules regarding the Commission are 1) they don't care; 2) they've donate end of the the letter of intent to equipment at the lease.) Earlier in the year Salt Lake heard your story before; 3) they station KSFI donated several really don't care." Just as the Wireless Board of Trustees were considering chartering char-tering a bus full of rowdies from the Alamo to go back and thousand dollars of equipment, including the stereo exciter and stereo generator that put Wireless on the air. Pat Thomas, Joe Vallely, Delicate miiiicuverin with a back hoe lowered home. Kdna" the transmitter into her new terrorize the FCC, help Thomas diZerega and John G. materialized from an unexpected McMillian of Northwest Radio source. Broadcasting Co., owners of In February of 1980, Pat Korogi KWHO, as well as Craig Hanson and Daryl Garnas - with the help and Brent Sylvester of KSFI, are of many - organized an open house to be congratulated for helping to preview the half-finished Wireless obtain the equipment it physical plant for the station, needed to go on the air. Among those attending was a Mr. Time continued to pass... Bill Wachtel, who just happened So now, in the middle of the win-to win-to be in town and who just hap- ter of 1979-80, Wireless had the pened to be the head government equipment and the question liaison for Olin Chemical Cor- arose: who is going to put it all tunnel came again from the direc- and work of the volunteers who tion of the Car 19, which had built the physical plant. It changed hands. The new owner, wouldn't have been done without poration in Washington D.C. the together? In January, the answer John Newman, generously of- the skills of Greg Vinson, Michael party that Pat and Daryl threw to that question arrived via fered to donate part of the Eberlein, Danny Christians, The was a great success, but, as it turn- freight train, proceeds from the annual Chief, Ron Burnett, John ed out, of even more importance The dynamic duo of "Pue" NewmanCutrubus Brothers Golf Demkowitz, Dan Wilcox, Jay was that Mr. Wachtel agreed to go Rogers and "Portland Gray", Tournament. The board of Meehan, Peter Wise, Steve talk to the FCC and find out what from Portland's non-commercial Trustees tips their collective hats Deckert and many others, in- was holding up our application. KBOO, volunteered to ride the to the public spirited men and women, especially Don Johnson, Homer and Gus Cutrubus, Bill Orhding and John Newman, who contributed over $3,300 to the station creation. Three weeks later the residents of Park City again turned out to party for Wireless at a Rock & Roll Revival Disco at the Rusty Nail. Thanks are in order to all those who helped at the event and to Ralph Garner and Mountain Food Service. With cash in hand, and a sizeable contribution from the City Council for building materials, Wireless began the monumental task of turning the dungeon-like projection room in the gym at the Memorial Building into a radio station. Only those who saw the old projection room, fondly called the "Broadcast Bunker", before its transformation, can truly ap preciate the incredible dedication It :.":.. c pi wwuiuuiw! emm"-" - H' ii J L r fU j sjrlB 4 ho) ' - -ilrSi" "-:riAl7ifri.'i mm..... ... - - at' I - ineer "Portland Gray" at work on the main control room Page 4 KPCW Souvenir Edition |